there were special circumstances that prevented the 9/11 deaths from getting into the Death Master File.
"In most cases there were no physical remains, so (private) funeral directors were not involved," said Steven Schwartz, vital-records registrar for New York City.
Another major non-government source of death reports are family members who are eligible to receive Social Security survivor benefits
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We've always said that the Death Master File is not a complete record of all deaths," said Social Security spokesman Mark Hinkle. "It is only an extract of information in our records.
